Travel Reference
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alongside sweeping boulders and clear streams tumble though steep rocky gorges. Get up
high and you'll be rewarded with spectacular views over the Shire and Zambezi Rivers.
MWABVI: WHAT'S IN A NAME?
Mwabvi Wildlife Reserve is named after the river that runs through it and also after the endangered Mwabvi tree,
only one of which remains in the park (ask one of the wardens to direct you to it - it's clearly marked). The root
and bark of the tree is poisonous and, as the story goes, in olden days was used as a measure against witchcraft. If
suspicious, supernatural events were taking place in the local village, the elders would pound up the roots of a
Mwabvi tree, make it into a powerful drink, line up the villagers and force them one by one to drink… The inno-
cent would instantly regurgitate the concoction, but the perpetrators of the dastardly deeds would suffer a painful
death.
Getting There & Away
Access is possible only with a 4WD. The reserve office is reached from the main road
between Chikwawa and Nsanje, 8km off the main road just east of the village of Sorgin
and about 10km west of Bangula. To get here it's a pleasant drive through fields and past
villages. Note: there's no public transport here.
